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Modern Marine Sediments Of Bahia Concepcion: Patterns, Processes, And Potential Analogues To Neogene Rift Basin Deposits Of Baja California, Timothy William Reardon
Modern Marine Sediments Of Bahia Concepcion: Patterns, Processes, And Potential Analogues To Neogene Rift Basin Deposits Of Baja California, Timothy William Reardon
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Neogene strata in Baja California preserve a record of extensional basins produced during early phases of rifting in the Gulf of California. This actualistic study addresses the feasibility of using Holocene sediments of Bahia Concepcion - a rift basin forming a shallow marine bay In southern Baja California - as analogues for the interpretation of Neogene strata in the Pliocene Loreto Basin. Three major lithofacies occur in Bahia Concepcion: Mud sediments dominate most of the central portion of the bay. Moderately sorted sands occur adjacent to shorelines formed by coalesced alluvial fans and a broad alluvial plain, while carbonate sands …